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| Scott Number | 09X1 |
|---|---|
| Date | August 5, 1847 |
| From City | Hamilton |
| From State | Canada |
| To City | New York |
| To State | NY |
| Addressee | A. Bell & Son |
| Cert Author | PF |
| Cert # | 6249 |
| Fake | |
| No. of Stamps | 2 |
| Plate Position | 1, 8 |
| Initials | ACN |
| Others |
Notes
Chronicle 101
Two four margin singles, positions 1 and 8, on folded letter addressed to "Messrs. A. Bell & Son, 117 Fulton Street, New York." Light postmark in black reads "Hamilton Au 5, 1847 A, C. W." This cover has a straight line PAID and manuscript "41/2". On the reverse side is a red transit postmark of Queenston, U. C, of August 6, 1847. The two provisional stamps are uncancelled. This cover sold for $475 as Lot 104 in the Caspary sale held by Harmer on November 15, 1955, and is reported to have been sold for approximately $5000 in recent years as it now has a PFC.
Hamilton Canada
At one time there were three covers reported with 5c New York used from Hamilton, Canada. Two of these (Figs 105 & 106) were accidentally destroyed by someone smoking a cigarette in the 1940's. (See pages 208-9, Ashbrook Special Service). The remaining cover is shown in Figure 107. The stamps, positions 1 and 8, are uncancelled on a folded letter to Messrs, A. Bell & Son, 117 Fulton St, New York. The cover has a straight line PAID, manuscript 4 ½ and Hamilton AU 4 1847 CS cancel. It is backstamped Queenston Aug 6, 1847. The cover is ex-Caspary and realized $39,600 in the Christie's Weill stock sale.
Piller, Stanley M., The New York Postmasters' Provisional, Cosmos Press, 1991, p78
H R. Harmer sale 967 Nov 15, 1955 (Alfred H. Caspary) lot 104
Christie's Oct 12, 1989 Weill Brothers sale lot 601
Extremely fine. A highly important usage, being the earliest existing example of United States stamps used from Canada and the only known use of any Postmasters' Provisional outside the United States. Ex. Redford, Caspary, Chaffee, Grunin, with PF certificate. est. $10,000-12,000
PF 6249 9X1 genuine in all respects
PF 6722 genuine
Two four margin singles, positions 1 and 8, on folded letter addressed to "Messrs. A. Bell & Son, 117 Fulton Street, New York." Light postmark in black reads "Hamilton Au 5, 1847 A, C. W." This cover has a straight line PAID and manuscript "41/2". On the reverse side is a red transit postmark of Queenston, U. C, of August 6, 1847. The two provisional stamps are uncancelled. This cover sold for $475 as Lot 104 in the Caspary sale held by Harmer on November 15, 1955, and is reported to have been sold for approximately $5000 in recent years as it now has a PFC.
Hamilton Canada
At one time there were three covers reported with 5c New York used from Hamilton, Canada. Two of these (Figs 105 & 106) were accidentally destroyed by someone smoking a cigarette in the 1940's. (See pages 208-9, Ashbrook Special Service). The remaining cover is shown in Figure 107. The stamps, positions 1 and 8, are uncancelled on a folded letter to Messrs, A. Bell & Son, 117 Fulton St, New York. The cover has a straight line PAID, manuscript 4 ½ and Hamilton AU 4 1847 CS cancel. It is backstamped Queenston Aug 6, 1847. The cover is ex-Caspary and realized $39,600 in the Christie's Weill stock sale.
Piller, Stanley M., The New York Postmasters' Provisional, Cosmos Press, 1991, p78
H R. Harmer sale 967 Nov 15, 1955 (Alfred H. Caspary) lot 104
Christie's Oct 12, 1989 Weill Brothers sale lot 601
Extremely fine. A highly important usage, being the earliest existing example of United States stamps used from Canada and the only known use of any Postmasters' Provisional outside the United States. Ex. Redford, Caspary, Chaffee, Grunin, with PF certificate. est. $10,000-12,000
PF 6249 9X1 genuine in all respects
PF 6722 genuine
